No Hesitation!
ST. PETERSBURG — Police shot and killed a man Sunday evening they say was suicidal and threatening two officers with a pair of scissors. The man, identified by police as Arthur Dixon, 43, of 5411 Fourth Ave. N was shot in the upper torso. He was transported as a trauma alert patient to Bayfront Medical Center, where he later died.
St. Petersburg police shoot man they say threatened with scissors | Tampa Bay Times
Tasers are more typically used for more irritating offenses
http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/lookout/lawsuit-alleges-police-officer-tasered-10-old-school-152530178.html
A few blocks from where I grew up.
They could have thrown some blankets over him, covering and rendering the SCISSORS harmless .
But, the poor dear, frightened, scared sh*tless, police ossifers were too afraid to think clearly, so they murdered the man – the completely INNOCENT man.
No hesitation.
He was heading into the Chamber of Commerce and the good ole boys knew his conservative values rendered him a serious threat:)
About that taser idea… The guy had already poured gasoline over himself and threatened to torch himself with the lighter he was holding in his hand earlier in the standoff. The guy was a felon with multiple convictions and had just recently been released from prison. This was plain and simply a case of “suicide by cop”. That being said, if they ever try to come for my guns, they had better bring plenty of body bags for the crew attempting the seizure. 😉
Police have no business executing people. This is completely unacceptable.
Steve, this wasn’t an “execution”. The guy had been threatening the police for quite some time, doused himself with gasoline and, in a final act of stupidity, he charged at them with a deadly weapon. Granted, some cops are trigger happy, but these guys did what any sensible human being would do with a screaming madman, soaked in highly-flammable liquid, running at them with a weapon— stop the threat in his tracks.
I guess we’ll just have to agree to disagree on this one.
Police don’t shoot someone in the chest with .45 for charging them with a pair of scissors. It is amazing to me how brainwashed society has become.
http://video.perthnow.com.au/1606567920/WA-Police-Taser-man-13-times
This is how Western Australian Police use Tasers. Not one of them sacked, suspended or charged with assault by the Dept of Public Prosecutions. Not even a real review of training procedures.
This is how Australian (NSW) Police deal with people holding cutlery. And they get off without charge or being sacked from the Force. The shooting was “appropriate and justified”. Obviously only low IQ people join the Australian police.
http://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/nation/police-shooting-of-fork-woman-cleared/story-e6frg6nf-1111118459603